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The Winston-Salem branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will void its last election, which took place on Jan. 10, as the national office looks into a complaint filed by the organizations’ executive board....

There’s an important deadline coming up that too many North Carolinians don’t know about. Friday, Oct. 10 is the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 4 midterm election. The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Same Day...

Midterm elections tend to have far less voter turnout than presidential ones, but they can have just as big of an effect. In the 2010 midterms, Democrats suffered greatly, losing their super majority in the U.S. Senate and control of the House...

Faith-based organizations have a key role to play in helping their members navigate changes in North Carolina’s election laws that could make voting more difficult for some citizens, says the N.C. Council of Churches. In an appeal sent to...

Stacey Rubain has her eyes set on a new prize this week and is no longer seeking the District 21 Superior Court seat she had been campaigning hard for the last several months. She now wants to focus on being selected as the county’s next chief...

(pictured above: U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison speaks to the audience.) U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District fired up the party faithful at the Forsyth County Democrats gala Friday night at the Millennium Center. Ellison...

Dominican Republic native German Garcia is aiming to become the first Hispanic American to serve on the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education. Garcia, a Democrat, is one of eight at-large candidates in the 2014 race. Fellow Democrats...

Democrat Deanna Taylor has announced her intentions to run for one of the two School Board District I seats up for grabs this year. One District I seat is open, as Republican John Davenport has announced he will run this year as an at-large...

MLK Day We are celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. In recent years, there has been a strong push to make the annual MLK Day holiday a call to social action. Americans have been urged to use their day off from...

Adams fought through Lupus diagnosis and the death of sibling When local news stations reported that the people of the North Ward had selected City Council member Denise “DD” Adams for a second term, Adams was overcome with emotion. The city...

Forsyth County Democratic Women will host a rally to educate and inform voters about the importance of the upcoming election in November and next year’s midterms. The rally, “Remember in November: The Too Much To Lose Tuesday,” will be held o...

The AIDS Care Service (ACS) Board of Trustees will present its annual meeting on Monday, April 22 at 7 p.m. at the New Winston Museum, 713 S. Marshall St. The public is invited to attend the gathering. It will include the election of new...

As students at North Carolina A&T, Angela Caesar and Raven Scales learn lessons in classrooms every day. Away from campus, they are learning as well, through giving back and lifting up others. There are few facets of community service that...

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been called a pastor’s pastor, a preaching master who’s like the opposite of March: comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion. But not even his ample preaching powers could induce a largely African American crowd...

According to preliminary results, turnout at several North Carolina student precincts were up this election year. The numbers at North Carolina State University’s precinct increased by 13 percent between the 2008 and 2012. Western Carolina...

UPI/Kevin Dietsch The First Family – (from left) First Lady Michelle Obama, First Daughter Sasha, President Barack Obama and First Daughter Malia – wave to a crowd of thousands at Chicago’s McCormick Place in the wee hours of Wednesday, Nov. 7,...

This year’s election cycle has taught us many lessons. Key among them is the clear fact that these United States are becoming more racially diverse and if politicians want to continue to lead, they will have to do a better job of appealing and...

On Nov. 4, 2008, many Americans shared, for the first time, an unbelievable calm, pride, and, yes, hope in our country. For a moment, we dared to believe that a “colored” man born of a white American mother and black African father and raised by...